Energy And Environment In The Barack Obama'Hu Jintao Meeting

A number of events during President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States will underscore that the energy dialogue between the United States and China continues to be a key area of engagement, where both sides can point to recent successes, but it is not without threat of derailment.

Both the United and China face the daunting task of transforming their energy systems to deal with the economic, security, and environmental risks of continued primary reliance